Blogger 365 Day 248 - Unexpected

     Yes I am late again.  At least this time I have a good excuse, one that doesn't even involve alcohol.  Imagine that.

     First I ended up getting out of work late, nothing all that unusual there.  Until I got home and settled in it was already 6pm, and then I threw a couple of chicken breasts in the skillet and made some sandwiches.  I did carve out a half hour for Quick Draw, one of my guilty pleasures on Hulu.  New episodes are posted on Friday, so it is a nice relaxing way to kick off my weekend.

     I opted not to do a casino run tonight, I was just going to be content sitting at home and relaxing.  Around 8pm I was just getting ready to open up Blogger, not sure what I was going to write but realizing I had to write something.  So I opened up a second window on Talk is Jericho on PodcastOne, figuring it would give me some background noise as I was writing.  Then my phone rang.  Or should I say my land line rang.

     The thing about my house phone is that there are times where I will not even be bothered to pick it up.  The voicemail kicks in after two rings, so it isn't like it just rings and rings, but I was just not in the mood to talk on the phone.  If it was important stuff from work then I am sure they will call my cell phone.  Not more than a minute later, the cell phone rings.  Oh boy.  I look and I do not recognize the cell phone number, only that it is local.   So I pick up the phone expecting the worst.

     Turns out it was my mom, she asked if I was at home, which I said I was. She then asked why I didn't answer my house phone, I lied and said I was in the bathroom.  She said that they would be here in 15 minutes to pick me up.  Of course I had to ask, pick me up to go where?  I am literally lounging in my apartment in nothing but boxer shorts and now someone wants to take me some place in 15 minutes.  So I quickly hop into the shower and splash water on myself, and then threw on some clothes and closed up everything on the the computer just in time to meet them. 

     Apparently they were just bored and wanted to go for a drive, though I think part of it was Mike wanting to show off his new truck.  They don't have four cars now, instead Mike traded in both his Corvette and his Avalanche to get this truck, which actually made them a little bit of money, they got more for the trade ins then they spent on the new truck.  Our drive ended up being a trip to Red Robin, since I already ate something when I first got home I had the smallest burger they had (Tavern Double) and some fries.  Afterward they decided that they wanted to go to the casino, my mom doesn't have a casino card for the Rivers yet, so off we went.  The thing is when I go I always take the subway which stops right outside the casino, I am unsure how to drive there or what turns to take.  Turns out I wasn't  the only one who didn't know.  our path to get there would have looked like one of those Family Circle cartoon diagrams, dotted lines going all over the place and never to the same place twice.  At one point we got stuck on the West End Bridge, so I snuck them in the back way to Mt Washington, via Wabash Street just so we could get back into the city. 

     Eventually we did get to the casino, I didn't take my pull tabs with me because I didn't know we were going.  The weekly bonus this month apparently is only $10, so I broke even.  Not sure how my mom did, though I think she only spent 3 or 4 bucks.  By the time we got done running around and I got home it was already after 11pm.  So see, there is a reason this is so late. 

     Now I think I am off to bed, I do have to work in the morning, no more holiday weekend fun for me.  Back to the 6 days a week grind which means I am in the office bright and early tomorrow, or dullish gray and late, whichever works.